New Ulm weekly review., 1887-03-09


whether the commission received or
not, shall be considered to have been commits
stoned for the date named in the commission;
70 provide school of instruction for cavalry
ana light artillery; to provide for the inspection
OF tobacco. cigars and snuff and TO repeal section
5l5l, revised Statutes; to effect rearrange-
menu OF grades OF officers in the adjutant gen.
erafs department; to provide for filling the
office OF United States treasurer in the absence
OF treasurer and assistant treasurer; to allow
merchandise liable to specific rates Of duty to
De transported In bond although the merchan-
dlse may not appear by the invoice to be con-
signed TO the port desired; to allow underwriters
10 be recognized as consignees of merchandise
on abandoned vessels: TO restrict ownership OF
lands IN the territories to American citizsns; to
h t r9 hng OF
v1cts: to amend the act prohibiting the importa-
tlon and immigration Of foreigners under labor
contracts; to regulate the jurisdiction of United
States circuit courts: for the adjustment Of the
land grants and the forfeiture of unearned lands;
to provide for bringing suits against tho govern
ment.
Forty house joint resolutions became laws,
the principal ones being as follows:
Directing the commissioner Of labor to make
an investigation of convict labor: to authorize
me president to protect American fishing vessels
and American fishermen in Canada; authorizing
an Investigation of the books accounts of the
Pacific road .&5
THE SENATE BILLS.
Of the total number OF bills which passed
| the senate 800 became laws. including 115
nature The following is list of the more
| important senate bills placed on the statute
BOOKS OF the present congress-:
The presidential successional bill devolvng
heirship to the presidency upon members Of the
cabinet. in the event Of vacancy in the Office
OF president and vice president: interstate COM
merce bill; TOR the retirement and recoinage Of
trade dollars; the electoral count bill for the al
lotment OF lands In severalty to Indians and ex-
tending the protection Of the laws to Indians on
me various reservations: to repeal the tenure Of
once act: to increase the annual appropriation
Tor militia; to establish agricultural experiment
stations; for the study of the effects OF mar
ootlcs and intoxicants in the public schools: to
!egalize the incorporation Of trades unions: to
Lex; to indemnify the Chinese for loss sustained
by the Rock Springs riots: for the relief of
washington Territory and Idaho: for the settle
ment OF accounts FOX arms between Montana
and the United States; to amend the laws re-
lat1ng to patents, trade marks and copyrights: {:
TO authorize the postmaster general to allow
service furnished pursuant to agreement: to
provide for the execution Of articles Of the Chi
nese treaty of Nov II, 1870
Of the foregoing measures seven became
laws by the expiration of the constitutional
| ten days limit, the Mormon polygany trade
dollar, militia and four private bills The
| senate bills vetoed were thirty-nine in num-
| ber, eleven being of public and twenty
elghG OF private character: Among the pub,
lie bids vetoed were these:
|
| Mo1nes river lands (passed over the veto in the
senate and failed Of the thirds in the
ssG%se s"ns tn Tor the erection of public building
way Though an Indian reservation in Montana.
The ninety three house bills vetoed in
| ciuoed elghty-seven private bills and six
pills OF public nature. Among the public
bills vetoed were those for the erection of a
tribute seeds among the drouth-stricken
! people OF Texas, and to grant pensions to
| dependent soldiers and dependent relatives
| OF deceased soldiers ,.@.
| THE REGULAR APPROPRIATION BILLS
wnlcn 1aned OF enactment were the fortifca,
tlon Dill for both congresses, the river and
harbor bill of the present session (Which was
not signed by the president) and the de.
ficiency bill, on which the conference report
was not submitted in time for action Fifty
bills in addition to these which became
| laws and those vetoed were sent to the pres.
ident, but were pocketed by him on the ad-
1ournment of congress, and therefore failed
The most Important are as follows:
me r1ver and harber; to prevent the employ.
ment Of convict and alien labor on public works;
to open to settlement she public land strip south
| of Kansas the O'Nen labor arbitration bill TO,
the settlement OF controversies between inter.
! surplus resolurion; to annex part of Idaho to
Washington Territory.
| The Northern Pacific forfeiture bill and
| the bill to repeal the presumption and
were in conference for a long while, but the
| differences proved irreconcilable. The bill
to tax fractional parts of gallon Of spirits
was killed by refusal of the house to ac-
cept the conference report Bills establish.
| ing additional aids to navigation at the
mouth of the Mississippi and forfeiting the
land grant to railroad from Ontonagon ia
the Wisconsin state line also failed in con-
| ference. while the bill to create depart.
| ment OF agriculture and labor was killed bY
| the inability of it's friends TO SEND It to con.
| ference committeee. About $50 bills and
| joint resolutions which passed the house
failed OF action in the senate, some of which
were defeated by adverse committee re.
ports The most important of these are az
| follows :,
To authorize the establishment of export to.
bacco manufactures and for drawback upon
imported articles used in manufacturing ex.
ported tobacco: terminate certain Chinese
| treaty stlpulations and prohibit the Chinese i'm.
! migration in the United States.
About seventy five bills passed by the sen
ate failed of passage in the house The Blai,
educational bill, after passing the senate wa,
never allowed to come before the house fg
action, although It's friends claimed a de-
clded majority in its favor on a test vote.
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